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8:30 AM ET, August 1, 2011

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Graeme Culliford / Mirror.co.uk:
EXCLUSIVE: Amy Winehouse was adopting girl of 10  —  Amy and Dannika  —  Amy Winehouse was in the middle of adopting a poor St Lucian girl before she died.  —  The troubled singer had started the process of becoming a mum to 10-year-old Dannika Augustine, who she met on the idyllic Caribbean island.
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TMZ.com:
Amy Winehouse — Was Planning to Adopt 10-Year-Old Girl  —  Amy Winehouse was preparing to adopt a 10-year-old girl from the island of St. Lucia, the girl and her grandmother told a British paper today.  —  The girl — Dannika Augustine (seen above with Amy) — says she met the singer during …
Colin Daniels / Digital Spy:   Amy Winehouse ‘was adopting girl from St Lucia’
Jo Macfarlane / Daily Mail:
Now Zara dazzles on HER day as a wedding princess: The Queen's granddaughter ties the knot with rugby ace Mike Tindall  —  In a single tender moment, their love was plain to see.  Standing in the warm Edinburgh sunshine, Zara Phillips sealed her marriage to England rugby star Mike Tindall yesterday with a gentle kiss.
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Colin Daniels / Digital Spy:
Zara Phillips hosts pre-wedding cocktail party
Discussion: Reuters
People.com:
Al Pacino's Daughter Arrested for DWI  —  Al Pacino's daughter, Julie Pacino, 21, was arrested for DWI on Saturday in N.Y.C., an NYPD spokesman confirms to PEOPLE.  —  The arrest occurred 1:35 a.m. after the actor's daughter drove her black Mercedes Benz through a DWI checkpoint on West Houston Street in Manhattan.
Discussion: Digital Spy, Pop2it and Reuters
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New York Post:
Al Pacino's daughter arrested on DWI charge  —  Al Pacino's 21-year-old daughter was busted in lower Manhattan this morning for DWI after admitting she threw back a few beers and smoke pot, police sources told The Post.  —  Julie Marie Pacino, an aspiring film director …
Discussion: Perez Hilton
Brandi Fowler / E! Online:
Arnold Schwarzenegger Celebrates Birthday With Maria Shriver  —  Talk about a birthday surprise.  —  Just a month after filing for divorce from Arnold Schwarzenegger, Maria Shriver accompanied her former hubby to lunch to celebrate his 64th birthday.  —  And they weren't alone...
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X17 Online:
HOW MANY BODYGUARDS DOES A BODY LIKE ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER'S NEED?  —  Seriously!  The guy's a former bodybuilding champion, yet he's got a team of bodyguards protecting him?!  —  The former governor of California had three big guys surrounding him during an outing Friday on his 64th birthday.
TMZ.com:
Kings of Leon — Rescheduling Texas Concerts  —  The band Kings of Leon has not only scheduled a make-up concert for their Houston show that was canceled completely last night, but they are also going back to Dallas to make up the show that ended abruptly on Friday ... TMZ has learned.
Sean Daly / New York Post:
Kelsey Grammer may run for office in New York  —  Imagine Kelsey Grammer as the next resident of Gracie Mansion.  —  The “Frasier” star — a longtime conservative Republican — now says he plans to run for office, perhaps right here in New York, when he gives up acting.
Discussion: Gossip Cop
Pamela McClintock / Hollywood Reporter:
Box Office Shocker: ‘Cowboys & Aliens’ gets Smurfed … In one of the biggest box office upsets in recent memory, Sony's kids pic The Smurfs tied with DreamWorks/Universal's Cowboys & Aliens for No. 1, with each pic claiming a $36.2 million opening.  The winner won't be decided until Monday morning.
Discussion: Us Weekly
X17 Online:
MILEY CYRUS GETS TATTOO IN SUPPORT OF GAY MARRIAGE  —  Miley Cyrus made a real commitment to supported gay marriage rights with a new tattoo on her middle finger — an equal sign like the one in the campaign launched by the Gay & Lesbian Rights Lobby.  —  The singer-actress Tweeted this shot and wrote: “All LOVE is equal.”
X17 Online:
ANGELINA JOLIE: “I DON'T LOVE ACTING AS MUCH AS I DID”  —  Angelina Jolie may have gotten rich being an actress, but she says she “doesn't love it” as much as she used to.  —  Jolie explains to the Financial Times:  —  “I've never not been grateful to be an actor.  But I think when I was younger I needed [acting] more.
Discussion: Girls Talkin Smack and omg!
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Just Jared:
Kellan Lutz - JustJared.com Exclusive Interview!  —  Kellan Lutz poses for some exclusive shots for JustJared.com while at Comic-Con 2011, held earlier in the month in San Diego, Calif.  —  Here is what the 26-year-old Twilight hunk had to share:  —  Just Jared: Talk to us about concluding …
 
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